Dontrelle: 22-10, 2.63 ERA, 236.1 IP, 55BB, 170K

Brown: 17-11, 1.89 ERA, 233.0 IP, 33BB, 159K

 

Both great seasons, who's #1?

Having seen both of them, I can't even vote, I give it a tie. Both times, when they took the hill, it just felt like a win. 3 runs, and you win...that simple.

 

It's a shame that Brown had to go up against John Smoltz that year for the Cy Young, hopefully the same won't be said for Willis when the awards are handed out.

No disrespect to Willis, but how many times in the modern era has there been a pitcher with a sub-2 ERA? Hell, that's the only reason statwise that Roger Clemens is even in the Cy Young race.

gotta go with Brown....he was absoulty dominant , no disrespect to willis though, he isnt a distant 2nd

I personally think Dontrelle's 2005 season was more fun to watch (mostly because D-Train is more fun to watch than Brown), but Kevin Brown's 1996 season was absurd. He's got my vote.

i'm having a lot of trouble with this one, which is why i posted it - usually i take ERA over wins straight-up, but considering that the 1996 and 2005 marlins were both ~80-win teams, having 5 more wins is pretty significant (much different than KB losing the Cy to Smoltz, who got 23 or whatever wins but on a much stronger team). i think the energy dontrelle brings to the game - not to mention his bat - causes everyone to play better. that said, as a pure pitcher you can't beat a 1.89 ERA so i give a slight nod to brown.

An ERA under 2? Twenty-two less walks in only 2.1 less IP?

 

Kevin Brown, by a lot.

The real difference was the consistency of Brown.

 

Dontrelle had a sub-2 ERA for much of the season. Had he not had a bad July he probably would still have a sub-2 ERA.

 

Brown wins on pitching consistency, but Dontrelle has more wins because he often helps generate the offense necessary to get the W.

 

Tough one really, but I'm going with Dontrelle due to his all around contribution to the game.